Mail from France and Istanbul dispatches piece in brief
News digest reports H E St Spiridion sails to Corfu with recruits and slaves for the Gallies. Proveditor General Diedo leaves Lazaret after quarantine. Constantinople cries of brutal crimes under a deposed Vizir, with public unrest and sultan’s vigilance. War with Persia pushed, resources sent. European dispatches note Tyrolean deputies, Trieste fair remonstrances, and Italian court movements. Atlantic and Atlantic-facing ports report ships from Newfoundland Jamaica and Marseilles arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Spiridion
Corfou
Gallies
M. Antony Diedo
Persia
Vienna
Tyrol
Trieste
Count Philippi
Paris
Marchioness de Spigno
Sardinia
Seville
Don Carlos
Italy
Don Joseph de Montalegre
Augurstins
Germain
St. Clou
Anjou
Cardinal de Fleury
Iffi
Rambouillet
Grevembach
Duke of
Count de Kinski
Princess de Montauban
Princess de Ligne
Chevalier de Pereux
Lisle
Madam Ullo
Prince of
Monaco
d’Ifen‘gies
Prince of Monaco
Early 18th Century Worm Medicine Endorsement Note
A Ripon letter praises Mr. John Moore apothecary for worm medicines that allegedly expelled a three yard worm and cured symptoms of scurvy and hypochondria. It touts new anti-scorbutic pills and spirits, with detailed claims of blood and nervous system restoration, while warning readers about unsafe medicines from unbranded authors. The note mentions Abree and Canterbury no longer selling worm powders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moore
Laurence-Pountneys-Lane
Cannon-street
London
Ripon
Joan Mount Ton
Junior
Butch
Yomphire
N.B
Joun Moone
Abree
Ac Canterbury
Royal Sundays and Court Festivities At St James House
Their Majesties will continue to dine in public on Sundays and Thursdays at St James House. The Ball at Court in honour of the King’s Birthday is set for Monday night. The Duke of Richmond’s newborn daughter will be baptised at the Spring-Garden Whitehall with the King as Godfather and Princess Emilia plus the Countess of Tankerville as godmothers. The Lady Burlington gave birth to a daughter at Chiswick. The Lord Mayor hosted the Lord Mayor Elect and wards of Farringdon Without Cripplegate with Sir John Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James’s House
Duke of Richmond
Richard Earl of Burlington
Chiswick
Middlesex
Farringdon
Sir John Williams
Cripplegate
Archdeacon of London installed and clergy moves noted
The Rev Dr Tyrwhit is installed Archdeacon of London at St Pauls. Rev Mr Wilson from Covent Garden Church is collated to Romney Rectory and will preach there next Sunday. Court notes cover swearing in of Writs Keepers, lottery prizes, Dublin obits, seizures of brandy, city freedoms granted, and trials at the Oyer and Terminer with hangings ordered. Market quotes list South Sea stock and Bonds, India premiums, and other securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyrwhit
Kensington
London
St. Paul’s
Wilson
Covent-Garden Church
Arcbishop
Canterbury
Romney
King’s Bench
Bevill Filmer
Theodore Johnson
Esys
Guildhall
New Theatre in Goodman's Fields Presents A Bold Stroke for a Wife
By the Company of Comedians the New Theatre in Goodman's Fields offers A Bold Stroke for a Wife tomorrow Friday the 79th of October with a cast including Huddy Madelore Jerkins Havard Williams Giffard and more. Flora the Opera features Hob and Flora with Miss Teller and Mrs Haughten. Dancing by Eaton and Yollec with a new comic page. House new and comfortable, play begins at six o clock common prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Theatre
Goodman’s Fields
Col
Fainwell
Huddy
Philip Madelore
Buslock
Obadah Prim
Moreau
Verewinkle
Collee
Yrasderove
Jerkins
Ficentin
Havard
Sackbur
Williams
Simon Pure
Giffard
Anne Lovely
Haughten
Krim
Morgan
Bexty
Palmer
Flora
Hob
Bardin
Roberts
Berry
Miss Teller
Mr. Eaton
Mrg Yollec
N. B
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France
Venice
Falmouth
William of
Pool
Newfoundland
Troff
Coffer
Paxton
Five Sisters
Obrien
Jamaica
Ofing
Bristol
Tryal
White
Barbadoes
Bowles
Yarmouth
Bacchus
Seaman
Marseilles
Dublin
Gufavus Hume
Fermanagh
North Strand
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Johnson
Griffith
John Drake
Linnen-Carrer
Drumcondra
Court of Oyer and Termiser
South Sea
Bank
Premium India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London Assurance
York Buildings
Welch
India
Gel Ifath
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